Poyanil Hospital, Kozhencherry

Poyanil Hospital is a multispeciality hospital at Kozhencherry in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala. It has a blood bank, an in-house pharmacy and a dialysis unit, and is empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.Dentistry is the hospital's recorded speciality. The dental service covers consultation, braces and orthodontics, implant dentistry, dentistry for children and dental trauma care.Surgical services include general and laparoscopic surgery, covering gallbladder surgery, hernia repair and laser treatment of fissure and fistula, alongside orthopaedic surgery including ACL reconstruction, ENT procedures such as adenoidectomy and balloon sinuplasty, and cataract surgery.Obstetrics and gynaecology covers pregnancy care, caesarean section and gynaecological surgery, with conditions arising in pregnancy managed on site.Dialysis and kidney stone treatment are provided, and dermatology and general medicine cover skin disease and febrile illness.Diagnostics include CT scanning, X-ray and a laboratory running blood chemistry, tumour marker and antenatal screening tests. The entrance, exit and car parking are wheelchair accessible.Poyanil Hospital is located at Kozhencherry, Pathanamthitta. Kozhencherry sits on the Pampa river in central Travancore, on the road between Chengannur and the hills, and Pathanamthitta district has both an unusually elderly resident population and a long tradition of migration to the Gulf, which leaves a lot of older people managing chronic illness at home. A hospital here with a blood bank and dialysis unit covers that need locally, and also serves the traffic on the Sabarimala pilgrimage route through Aranmula and Ranni.